Watlow · 6 hours ago
Senior Financial Analyst
St Louis, MO
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expWatlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader providing innovative thermal products and systems. The Senior Financial Analyst will partner with various functions to assist with business analysis and strategic decisions while delivering insights to improve efficiency and returns on capital.
ElectronicsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Own product, customer, channel profitability analysis (price/volume/mix, margin bridge, gross margin, tariff, freight/FX impacts)
Deliver monthly Business unit performance data and insights covering sales, bookings, backlog conversion, and margin drivers
Drive ad-hoc analytics (e.g., churn/win–loss, cost-to-serve, portfolio rationalization) to improve gross margin and growth
Consolidating information from disparate data sources to explain Enterprise performance, variance to budget, and key drivers
Establish a reporting cadence with Functional SG&A Leaders. Highlighting variances and action items in YTD vs. budget spending
Partner with budget owners on current performance, forecast updates, accruals, headcount & vacancy plans, and project spend
Prepare monthly close schedules (prepaids, accruals, reclasses) and ensure timely, accurate entries
Track savings initiatives and investment cases; measure benefit realization vs. plan
Improve forecasting cadence and forecast accuracy through driver-based models and standard templates
Automate recurring reports (Power Query/Power BI/Tableau) and streamline data flows from ERP to reporting
Uphold strong controls & data integrity, document assumptions, and methodologies
Qualification
Required
Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, including experience building financial models involving complex formulas and large data sets
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to interact effectively with business partners at varying levels of management, cross functional and cross-national teams
Ability to consistently discern strategic insights from data analysis
Strong business partnering, curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity and ad-hoc work
Strong sense of autonomy, critical thinking, and problem-solving mindset
Regularly anticipate future challenges and business needs, and anticipate follow-ups and secondary implications
Minimum 3+ years of relevant finance experience involving reporting, budgeting, forecasting and insights
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Engineering or related field
Preferred
Proficiency in PowerBI, Power Automate, low-code tools and new FP&A AI tools
FP&A experience at a manufacturing business
Proficiency in building Power BI/Tableau/Power Query/Power Pivot reports; experience with Power Automate and various FP&A AI tools
Experience with an ERP system; experience across multiple domestic and international entities
Oracle ERP experience
Benefits
Annual Incentive Program
401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performance
Wellness incentives
Employee Personal Assistance Program
Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
Parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Company
Watlow
Watlow is a custom designer and manufacturer of industrial electric heaters, sensors and controllers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-03-02Acquired
Leadership Team
Rob Gilmore
Chief Executive Officer
Ashish Bhatnagar
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